850

Sad reality.

Friends close, enemies closer.

Basic survival?

849

Is there greater love
than life long conversations
that die after you?

848

Even though in truth
I hate being pushed around
I still invite it

847

When you can listen
with your kind, supportive eyes
then you truly hear

846

G-d please protect me
from my many protections
so I can be safe

841 - 845

Before

Dad was sharp and mom
was alive and I was in
love and fueled with drive

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Inspired By Before

Periods of time
Leading up to this moment
I call it, "before"

Without a before

life loses its poetry

and just now can't count

Before is a bridge,

it is also an island

where the bridge begins

Know ahead of time

when you'll be meeting someone

who it is you'll be

840 For Rav Shimon bar Yochai

Hidden in the earth
in your life and after life
you enlighten us

May I plant my feet
firmly on the ground this year
with your help, dear G-d

838

Wiggle, don't force it

True about sticky locked doors

and true about life

832 - 837

A slichot crisis
Is the one I see right now
Not of tuition

We have many needs
And little understanding
Answer anyway

With the greatest care
That of a father to son
We seek G-d's mercy

Kindly awaken
The love that's old and sleeping
Between You and me

I fear I'm naked
In my observance of You
Hold my naked heart

Please don't be angry
Instead grace us with mercy
Remember Your word

831

If I'm a person
Then it's always personal,
nothing personal

824 - 830

Victimless right now
at least to a large extent
and I am grateful

Tell him I read face
a teenager said to me
about my colleague

Playing make believe
is no longer fun once you
say it's make believe

Deification
of alcohol is quite strong
in many a home

Some people are poor
lacking everything except
for lots of money

We're good Facebook friends
though we've never been friend friends
not as kids, not now

Damsel in distress
is your love connection role
which is why we're friends

810 - 823

Yerushalayim
Asks of our wholeness and peace
Because she loves us

What is my calling?
Perhaps I don't need to ask
But just to listen.

Parents and children
Means there will be some friction
And friction means warmth

I see no feathers
But I do believe in hope
I'm looking forward

I used to see him
But didn't recognize him
Fit right in in Schul

Israeli drivers
Are easier to talk to
Than my neighborhoods'

The Bridge bike riders
Seem to have all the answers
As I wonder why

Maybe because I
Was a kid when it opened
I love Kazablan

Belle Avenue is
not my home and yet I spend
a lot of time here

Sometimes I can feel
The kite pulling on the string
And sometimes I can't.

Forget our old sins
Remember your great mercy
Be kind to us, please.

May it be Your will
To choose to accept our prayers
Though we rush through them

Falling asleep with
this phone in my hands is not
the life of my dreams

My land line these days
receives incoming calls just
from solicitors

Welcome extroverts
This room is your stomping ground
Speak first, think later

Introverts have needs
that must be met if you want
them to contribute.

Mandel foundation
studied our education
got many answers

"All of you people
have made all this possible
through your examples"

The frontal droning
tempts to upset me, but I
choose to breathe instead

"We've never measured
If the fact that students sing
makes them religious."

The Kotzker Rebbe
said that we put words on hearts
for when they go in

The PR masters
never seize to amaze me
from so far away

809

A mikdash me'at*
has to do until I get
close to the big one

*http://www.thejc.com/judaism/jewish-words/31961/mikdash-meat

808

I want to relax,
then I will live in past tense
(-he wrote with a smile)